Broadway Streetscape

WHAT IS DTLA Forward?

DTLA FORWARD is a partnership with the City, community stakeholders, and strategic partners to achieve thriving and complete streets in Downtown LA. This transportation and planning initiative, launched by Councilmember Huizar, coordinates projects in the public realm.

Broadway Streetscape

The Broadway Streetscape is currently a semi-permanent phase one implementation of the road configuration called for in the full Broadway Streetscape Master Plan. The Dress Rehearsal draws precedent from other such projects across the country and in LA, including Times Square in New York City as implemented by the New York City Department of Transportation and Sunset Triangle Plaza in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.

The current implementation uses cost-efficient and quickly installed materials to create traffic-calming pedestrian enhancements and reconfigure the road to three traffic lanes while funding is secured to achieve the permanent build-out of the full-scale project on a block-by-block basis.

Phase one reconfigures Broadway from 4 traffic lanes to 3 traffic lanes between 2nd Street and 11th Street. LADOT will implement the Dress Rehearsal, using pavement treatments and physical indicators to delineate publicly accessible space within the roadway. These semi-permanent treatments leave flexibility to update configurations before the cost of a full construction build-out is undertaken if modifications are desired or necessary.

The phase one "Dress Rehearsal" treatment along Broadway:

• Reduces crosswalk widths for pedestrians

• Reconfigures the roadway for more efficient, predictable and streamlined vehicular travel

• Enhances pedestrian amenities – expands public realm for gathering and public activities

• Sets the stage for the future Downtown L.A. Streetcar

• Streamlines MTA bus service

• Bolsters economic vitality

The Broadway Streetscape Master Plan is one of L.A.'s first large-scale examples of a "Complete Streets" project. The plan will implement numerous pedestrian-oriented, traffic-calming tools for the historic Broadway corridor to provide greater pedestrian comfort and security along one of the city's busiest pedestrian streets, and make Broadway a more enjoyable place to walk, shop, and spend time.

The Streetscape Plan / Broadway Road Diet will be achieved in two phases. Phase one is the "Dress Rehearsal," which will use cost-efficient and quickly installed materials to create traffic-calming pedestrian enhancements and reconfigure the road to three traffic lanes while funding is secured to achieve the permanent build-out of the full-scale project on a block-by-block basis.

Broadway Streetscape

The Broadway Streetscape is currently a semi-permanent phase one implementation of the road configuration called for in the full Broadway Streetscape Master Plan. The Dress Rehearsal draws precedent from other such projects across the country and in LA, including Times Square in New York City as implemented by the New York City Department of Transportation and Sunset Triangle Plaza in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.

The current implementation uses cost-efficient and quickly installed materials to create traffic-calming pedestrian enhancements and reconfigure the road to three traffic lanes while funding is secured to achieve the permanent build-out of the full-scale project on a block-by-block basis.

Phase one reconfigures Broadway from 4 traffic lanes to 3 traffic lanes between 2nd Street and 11th Street. LADOT will implement the Dress Rehearsal, using pavement treatments and physical indicators to delineate publicly accessible space within the roadway. These semi-permanent treatments leave flexibility to update configurations before the cost of a full construction build-out is undertaken if modifications are desired or necessary.

The phase one "Dress Rehearsal" treatment along Broadway:

• Reduces crosswalk widths for pedestrians

• Reconfigures the roadway for more efficient, predictable and streamlined vehicular travel

• Enhances pedestrian amenities – expands public realm for gathering and public activities

• Sets the stage for the future Downtown L.A. Streetcar

• Streamlines MTA bus service

• Bolsters economic vitality

The Broadway Streetscape Master Plan is one of L.A.'s first large-scale examples of a "Complete Streets" project. The plan will implement numerous pedestrian-oriented, traffic-calming tools for the historic Broadway corridor to provide greater pedestrian comfort and security along one of the city's busiest pedestrian streets, and make Broadway a more enjoyable place to walk, shop, and spend time.

The Streetscape Plan / Broadway Road Diet will be achieved in two phases. Phase one is the "Dress Rehearsal," which will use cost-efficient and quickly installed materials to create traffic-calming pedestrian enhancements and reconfigure the road to three traffic lanes while funding is secured to achieve the permanent build-out of the full-scale project on a block-by-block basis.

WHAT IS DTLA Forward?

DTLA FORWARD is a partnership with the City, community stakeholders, and strategic partners to achieve thriving and complete streets in Downtown LA. This transportation and planning initiative, launched by Councilmember Huizar, coordinates projects in the public realm.